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No. The name John Maiden doesn't ring a bell. I knew Chief Small, Reuben Merchain and Peter Carpenter in the Pattern shop. Chief Kroll's boy Richard came down from the Pattern shop to work in the Foundry. Before them it was PM-1 Turner and John Mathies and one of the Eberle brothers in the Pattern shop. We never had a cruise book for our trip to Guam. That was a lot of work, even though most of it was off the ship handling Vietnamese refugees.

I must say that when I saw your picture in the "orange" cruise book, I said to myself, "Oh yeah, THAT guy!" I never knew you on Hector, but I do recall seeing you a few times. I was a foundry rat. Spent three and a half years on AR-7.

well I live close to town any place that is easy for me from the curb too get in would be good we have plenty of time I am not going any ware and I don't want too inter fear with your work. I am retired and at home a lot. feel free to call me if you want

BR-1 Robinson cooked for the crew on a date known as "Soul Night". It was a wonderful expieirence. Corn bread, black-eyed peas, fried chicken, porl chops, fresh greens salad and sweet tater pie. If you missed that, you missed a LOT!

hi David the 21st not a good day I have too much to do that day the 22nd I have a doctor appt. how about the 23 9:30 in the morning at Dumphy's Tavern. let me know as soon asp if so just ask for me when you enter.

OK. I take back all the stuff I said, as I said I would do. YES, I have a blood pressure problem, but what lights my fires are those who claim to be veterans and are not. I was accused of it myself and i didn't like it one bit.

Your facts are a bit scattered. Boiler shop was on the O1 deck, portside across from the pipe shop. BR-! Robinson cooked chow for the whole crew on Soul Night. NDT lab was also in the BR shop.

Never made it to the Lagging shop except to get kite string to fly kites off the boat deck aft underway. I was flying one when an albatross got tangled up in it and I dragged the friggin' gooney bird half a mile before he managed to bite through that heavy lagging thread. Lost the kite, too.

You want the USS Hector web site address? I helped build it up and have been there for several years. We have bi-annual reunions, a quartely news letter and a ship's store run by John Blevins and you can buy hats and all kinds of Hector stuff.

That will take you there and you can read all kinds of stuff, see pictures and see teh ships history, list of those who are dead now that have been recorded. Dues are only $15.00 for two years and you get a news letter either in the mail or via E-MAil.

WELCOME ABOARD. Hope you ain't all PISSED. I take my job seriously.

I will ask you to be a friend and you can visit MY page on here and get caught up about that magnesium fire that WE had in the FOUNDRY in SASEBO in MAY 1972. I know all about it. I WAS THERE in the foundry when it happened.